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of Newcastle's stud some time after the Restoration, 

 when his grace presented that poHshed courtier with 

 a horse, which the earl acknowledored in 



^ . Charles I. 



the following letter : " I was much surprised 

 at the favour I received from your grace by Mr. 

 Eaofle, for thoueh it is hard to see a stable of the 

 finest horses in the world, and not to covit, yet upon 

 my word I was not guilty of that sinn, but am since 

 fallen into a much greater by being extremely proud 

 of the honour your grace has done mee ; and truly, 

 my lord, (though your grace's generosity is known in 

 most parts of Christendom as well as England,) I had 

 no designe in commending the horse your grace was 

 pleased to send mee, for which I doe return your grace 

 my most humble acknowledgments, and shall allwaies 

 endeavour, by greatest respects, to deserve the title 

 of, my Lord, your, etc. " C." 



William Cavendish, earl, marquis, and afterwards 

 Duke of Newcastle, unlike his voluminous duchess, only 

 wrote a few comedies and occasional poems and his celebrated 

 work on horses. The latter is supposed to have been written in 

 English, and translated into French by a Wallon, and first pub- 

 lished at Antwerp, by Jacques Van Meurs, in 1658 : " Methode 

 et Invention Novvelle De Dresser Les Chevavx." It was after- 

 wards condensed and partly re-written and published in 

 English, by Thomas Milbourn, of London, in the year 1667 : 

 " A New Method, and Extraordinary Invention, to Dress 

 Horses, and Work them according To Nature : As also. To 

 Perfect Nature by The Subtilty of Art ; which w^as never 

 found out, but by the Thrice Noble, High, and Puissant 

 Prince William Cavendishe, Marquis, Earle, %l^ &^" In this 

 edition the magnificent engravings, illustrating the text of 

 the original volume, were not reproduced ; but they are all 

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